Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 203 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 203 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 11:53 PM AKST (08:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-30 08:53:22 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.438° N, 164.618° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
266°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4207 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.5193 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.2189 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.3134 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.1136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.3121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.8218 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.0212 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.1136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.6139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.0231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 2.6194 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.0109 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 3.0177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jip2 (also filed as ak0191dr7ams). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC.